Luxembourg

Nuclear regulatory authority

Nuclear safety regulation in Luxembourg is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health, Department of Radiation Protection (DRP). 

Nuclear activities

Luxembourg has no nuclear power plants and no other nuclear installations. 

Radioactive waste and spent fuel management

There is one centralized interim storage facility for disused radiation sources from medical and industrial applications. All disused sources and long lived radioactive wastes are returned to the foreign supplier or shipped to a foreign waste management facility following a bilateral agreement. 

Main legal instruments

Law of 25 March 1963 concerning the protection of the population against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation.
Grand-ducal regulation of 14 December 2000 concerning the protection of the population against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation.